SDLP Irish Language Seminar A Great Success

SDLP MLAs Dominic Bradley, Patsy Mc Glone, and Sean Farren along with party members participated in an important Irish language seminar attended by experts in various aspects of the Irish language at Party headquarters in Belfast.

Speaking after the seminar Mr Bradley said,

‘This was a very useful seminar on the development of the Irish language in the Northern Ireland covering education at all levels and sectors, community and public life, economic development, as well as North/South co-operation.

Arsa an Ball Tionól, Patsy Mc Glone,

‘Is mór an cuidiú comhairle agus eolas a fháil ó shaineolaithe sna réimsí seo go léir agus cuideoidh an seimineár seo linn polasaí Gaeilge PDSLO a fhorbairt a thuilleadh. Bhí ár páirtí i gcónaí ar thús cadhnaíochta ag cur na teanga chun tosaigh. Ba é John Hume féin a cur an Ghaeilge ar learscáil polaitiúil na hEorpa i dtús báire.

Sean Farren MLA commented,

‘We greatly appreciate the advice of experts in the field and this seminar will help us further develop party policy on the language. The SDLP has championed the promotion of the Irish language both at home and in Europe – it was John Hume who first put the language on the political map in Europe and now Irish is recognised as an official language of the EU. We thanks our colleagues, both Councillors and Assembly Members for their strong support on this important issue.

Bhí an méid seo le rá ag an Bhrolchánach ar deireadh,

‘Leanfar leis na cruinnithe seo in aghaidh na míosa, agus beidh muidne mar ionadaithe poiblí agus mar Ghaeilgeoirí líofa ag brú polasaithe Gaeilge chun tosaigh ar an dá rialtas. Fáiltímid ach go háirithe roimh an tacaíocht láidir atá á fháil againn ón ár gcomhleacaithe idir chomhairleoirí agus bhaill tionóil.